The Comedy Box

The Comedy Box The Comedy Box promotes and produces professional stand up comedy in various venues in Bristol. Check out our website for all listings.

The Comedy Box is one of the longest running provincial comedy venues in the UK. It was founded in Bristol in 1994 and has operated out of the upstairs events room of the Hen & Chicken public house in North Street, south Bristol since 1998. This room is now called the Hen & Chicken Studio since its total refurbishment in 2018. The Comedy Box is proud to have hosted many of the top names in comedy,

including Al Murray, Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Omid Djalili, Bill Bailey, Peter Kay, Rhod Gilbert and many, many more. We specialise in looking out for the next big talent. No-one can know who will become the next household name, but you can be sure we will be doing our best to promote them to help them get there.

05/06/2026

DANNY BHOY
DEAR WORLD...
Monday 22 June - 8pm - Tickets £26.50 inc fees
To***co Factory Theatres, Bristol BS3 1TF
Tickets & Info: https://tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/danny-bhoy-dear-world/

Danny Bhoy brings his sellout London, Edinburgh & Montreal Comedy Festival 2025 show, Dear World, to venues across the UK.

This is the sequel to my 2014 show ‘Dear Epson…’ My favourite ever show. It’s a hybrid of stand up and theatre, but really that just means I get to sit down for bits of it.

“Unsurpassed storytelling” The Age

“One of the most sparkling wits in the world” The Montreal Gazette

This Saturday night we will be hosting the last STAND UP FOR THE WEEKEND show of the season at Bristol's Hen & Chicken b...
29/05/2026

This Saturday night we will be hosting the last STAND UP FOR THE WEEKEND show of the season at Bristol's Hen & Chicken before the series returns in September. Cocksure Aussie MICHAEL SHAFAR headlines with his outspoken opinions on British society. With big laughs! Michael will be joined by MILO EDWARDS and TOM TOAL.

SAVER tickets available across all ticket types!

Pre-show dining for gourmet burgers and pizzas available in the main bar

Stand Up For The Weekend with MICHAEL SHAFAR and GUESTS
featuring MILO EDWARDS plus compere TOM TOAL
Saturday 30 May - 8pm - Tickets from £12
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2558

26/05/2026

Stand Up For The Weekend with MICHAEL SHAFAR and GUESTS
featuring MILO EDWARDS plus compere TOM TOAL
Saturday 30 May - 8pm - Tickets from £12
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2558

Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available.

CHEAPER SAVER TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL SEATING TYPES.

Headliner: MICHAEL SHAFAR
Originally from Melbourne, Michael Schafar is now based in London where he has quickly become one of the most exciting new acts on the UK comedy circuit. He regularly performs at the country's biggest clubs where he gets to mock British people for their awful history and terrible food to their faces.​​

"Shafar circumnavigates the line between edgy and offensive with beautiful finesse" The Age (Melbourne)

"He’s a brand of comedian that is getting rarer and rarer to come by these days, and if you’re among those who fear comedy has gotten too politically correct, this show will put those fears to rest." Time Out

"Shafar has a disarmingly relaxed approach and an intelligent sense of humour with a wildly inventive, darkly comic imagination." The Edinburgh Reporter

19/05/2026

JOE LIST
LIVE ON TOUR
Sunday 24 May - 7.30pm - Tickets £27.50 inc fees
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2531

Joe List is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose movie FOURTH OF JULY (which he co-wrote and starred in) played in theatres all over North America. Joe has released his last 3 specials on YouTube, where they’ve totalled nearly 14 million views. List is a regular on Rogan and The Tonight Show and he’s performed on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and CONAN. He was a finalist on NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING, has his own half-hour special on Comedy Central, and he also stars in season 2 of Netflix's THE STAND UPS. His albums 'So Far No Good' and 'Are You Mad at Me?' (through Comedy Central Records) can be heard all the time on Sirius Radio. List is also the co-host of the popular weekly podcast 'Tuesdays with Stories' w/ Mark Normand. He can be seen regularly at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.

This Saturday 16 May, Comedy Box stalwart JEREMY FLYNN headlines STAND UP FOR THE WEEKEND at Bristol's Hen & Chicken wit...
15/05/2026

This Saturday 16 May, Comedy Box stalwart JEREMY FLYNN headlines STAND UP FOR THE WEEKEND at Bristol's Hen & Chicken with his witty low energy stand up, pricking pomposity in his own inimitable way. Jeremy is a popular tour support for some of the UK's rising comedy stars. He is joined by ANDREW WHITE and TOM TOAL.

The Comedy Box is currently offering reduced SAVER tickets across all ticket types. Click link for details.

Stand Up For The Weekend with JEREMY FLYNN and GUESTS
featuring ANDREW WHITE plus compere TOM TOAL
Saturday 16 May - 8pm (doors 7.15pm) - Tickets from £12
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2557

Stand Up For The Weekend with JEREMY FLYNN and GUESTSfeaturing ANDREW WHITE plus compere TOM TOALSaturday 16 May - 8pm (...
11/05/2026

Stand Up For The Weekend with JEREMY FLYNN and GUESTS
featuring ANDREW WHITE plus compere TOM TOAL
Saturday 16 May - 8pm (doors 7.15pm) - Tickets from £12
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2557

Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available.

CHEAPER SAVER TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL SEATING TYPES.

Headliner: JEREMY FLYNN
Jeremy Flynn is a naturally funny comedian who after starting comedy in 2015 quickly made a name for himself as one of the best acts on the lively Bristol comedy scene. Since then he has gone on to delighting audiences around the country with his unique mix of idiosyncratic observations and hilarious anecdotes leaving audiences in metaphorical stitches. He is now in high demand at some of the best and most prestigious comedy clubs in the UK.

“Routines written with ruthless efficiency, delivered in a punchy relaxed style with sparkling payoffs" Farcical Comedy

“Detailed, illustrated, and very funny indeed” From the Margins

Featuring ANDREW WHITE
With “charisma to burn and an eye for sharp punchlines” (British Comedy Guide), Andrew White is an in-demand comedian, writer and radio host who has built a strong reputation as a name to look out for.

​​"A plethora of memorable gags" Chortle

"Rampantly engaging" The List

Stand Up For The Weekend with JEREMY FLYNN and GUESTSfeaturing ANDREW WHITE plus compere TOM TOALSaturday 16 May - 8pm (...
10/05/2026

Stand Up For The Weekend with JEREMY FLYNN and GUESTS
featuring ANDREW WHITE plus compere TOM TOAL
Saturday 16 May - 8pm (doors 7.15pm) - Tickets from £12
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2557

Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available.

CHEAPER SAVER TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL SEATING TYPES.

Headliner: JEREMY FLYNN
Jeremy Flynn is a naturally funny comedian who after starting comedy in 2015 quickly made a name for himself as one of the best acts on the lively Bristol comedy scene. Since then he has gone on to delighting audiences around the country with his unique mix of idiosyncratic observations and hilarious anecdotes leaving audiences in metaphorical stitches. He is now in high demand at some of the best and most prestigious comedy clubs in the UK.

“Routines written with ruthless efficiency, delivered in a punchy relaxed style with sparkling payoffs" Farcical Comedy

“Detailed, illustrated, and very funny indeed” From the Margins

Featuring ANDREW WHITE
With “charisma to burn and an eye for sharp punchlines” (British Comedy Guide), Andrew White is an in-demand comedian, writer and radio host who has built a strong reputation as a name to look out for.

​​"A plethora of memorable gags" Chortle

"Rampantly engaging" The List

SIGNING FUNNYAN EVENING OF COMEDY PERFORMED IN SIGN LANGUAGEFriday 1 May - 8pm (doors 7.15pm) - Tickets £27.50 inc fees...
30/04/2026

SIGNING FUNNY
AN EVENING OF COMEDY PERFORMED IN SIGN LANGUAGE
Friday 1 May - 8pm (doors 7.15pm) - Tickets £27.50 inc fees
Hen & Chicken, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tickets & Info: https://www.thecomedybox.co.uk/site/301.asp?catID=2529

Join us for an evening of signing funny - acclaimed deaf comedian Gavin Lilley (John Bishop tour support, Leicester Comedy Festival) is joined by international deaf comedy superstar from Sweden, Florian Tirnovan (Flow TV) and local comedian Adrian Bailey for an evening of irreverent and sharp comedy - all performed in sign language - interpreted into English for the signing impaired.

Address

Hen & Chicken, 210 North Street, Southville
Bristol
BS31JF

Telephone

+441275375056

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